Read the excerpt from " Crossing Brooklyn Ferry." Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt, Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd, Just as you are refresh'd by the gladness of the river and the bright flow, I was refresh'd, Just as you stand and lean on the rail, yet hurry with the swift current, I stood yet was hurried, Just as you look on the numberless masts of ships and the thick-stemmed pipes of steamboats, I looked. What is the purpose of the repetition in these lines

The purpose of repetition is to provoke identification between the reader and the narrator, showing that what the reader felt the narrator felt.

Explanation:

Repetition is the figure of speech that allows the use of a word or phrase to be repeated several times during a text. The use of repetition is intended to highlight a concept that is present in the text. In the case of the text shown above, we can see the repetition of the expression "just as you" to highlight the identification between speaker and narrator. This is because the speaker is showing common situations and sensations that happened to him and the reader.

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.

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